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| Raytheon Sentinel ISTAR aircraft (Image: Wiki Commons) |
By Vivek Raghuvanshi
NEW DELHI — India has offered to buy two intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) aircraft from Raytheon on a government-to-government basis.
The request was made to visiting US Defense Secretary Ash Carter Wednesday, said a Defence Ministry source. Another project which India and the US are discussing, on India's request, is joint development of the GE-414 jet engine for use by India's homemade Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), the source added.
The Defence Ministry's official release did not mention India's offer, but the MoD source said the proposal has been kept low key.
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